Taasu mukut tumha chaari chalaae

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 38 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

तासु मुकुट तुम्ह चारि चलाए। कहहु तात कवनी बिधि पाए॥ सुनु सर्बग्य प्रनत सुखकारी। मुकुट न होहिं भूप गुन चारी॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tāsu mukuṭa tumha cāri calāe। kahahu tāta kavanī bidhi pāe॥ sunu sarbagya pranata sukhakārī। mukuṭa na hohiṃ bhūpa guna cārī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

You threw down his four crowns. Tell me, dear one, by what means did you obtain them? [Angad replied:] Listen, O all-knowing One and giver of joy to the suppliant. They are not crowns; they are the four virtues of a king.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 38 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Mandodari's Final Plea to Ravana”. The episode describes Mandodari's earnest final plea urging Ravana to heed dharma and recognize Rama's supreme power.

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